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W. FEELING. FOOT REST AND GUARD. No. 586,022. Patented July 6,1897.

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W. FEELING. FOOT REST AND GUARD.

No. 586,022.' Patented July 6, 1897.

NTTED STATES FFICE@ PATENT FOOT-REST AND GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 586,022, dated July 6, 1897. Application led September 9, 1896. Serial No. 605,236. (No model.) Patented in Germany June ZO, 1896, No. 88,158.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILHELM FEELING, a subject of the King'of Prussia, Emperor of Germany, residing at Kstrinerstrasse,Vietz, in the Kingdom of Prussia and German E1npire, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Foot-Rests and Guards, of which the following is a specification, and for which I have received German Patent No. 88,158, dated June 20, 1896.

The invention relates to improvements in a combined foot-rest and guard, and has for its object to form a device which will prevent the catching of dresses or the like in the iiywheel, belt, or other moving parts of a machine which are likely to come in contact with the wearing-apparel of the operator and which will serve as a foot-rest when the machine is not in motion.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certain parts and details that will be fully described, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all of the gures.

Figure lis afront view of my improvement, showing it connected to the relative parts of a sewing-machine. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device in position to be used as a footrest. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail front view.

Fig. t is an enlarged side view. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of the casing and connections. Fig. 6 is a detail view of the latchgroove, and Fig. 7 is a detail view of the latch.

a designates a plate which is shaped to match the corresponding curve of the drivewheel and is attached to the frame c at the base of the machine. A slit b is formed in the lower end of the plate a, through which a bolt d passes to adjustably secure said plate to the frame.

The plate a is provided above the slit with an extension 71, having threaded therein a bolt c, which is also threaded to a portion of the frame c. A second plate f is slidably journaled on the bolt c byineans of the hollow casing g on its lower end, and a coiled spring 7l is located within the casing with one end bearing against the end of the collar m, in which is secured the bolt e, so as to press the casing against the frame c. On one end of the casing g is a cam-latch 7c, which lits into a corresponding groove Z of the frame c under presure of the spring t'.

When the machine is to be operated, the plate f is turned up, whereby the latch 7a will catch in the groove Z and be held in this position; but when it is desired to use it as a foot-rest the plate f is forced down, so that the cam-latch rides out of the groove and the plate strikes the right-angular shoulder n of the extension h, where it will remain in a horizontal position.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful isl. In a guard, a plate secured to the frame of the machine an extension formed thereon, a bolt secured between the extension and the frame, a casing journaled on the bolt, a lug on the casing to engage an aperture in the frame, a spring adapted to force the lug into engagement with the aperture and a second plate on the casing, as and for the purpose described.

2. In a device of the character described, 'e a frame, a plate, secured thereto, an eXtension formed on said plate, a bolt secured between the extension and the frame, a casing slidably journaled on the bolt, a lug formed on the casing to engage an aperture in the frame, a spring adapted to force the lug into 'engagement with the aperture, a shoulder formed on the extension and a second plate on the casing adapted to engage the shoulder, as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set :my hand in presence of two witnesses.

WILHELM FEHLING.

Witnesses: c

ROBERT KEAYN, W. HAUPT. 

